This committee is an established system used to look back and enforce upon rules of the Senate. The Rules committee organizes and creates studies of how Congress operates and is constantly trying to improve this study by simplifying the operations with the Judicial and Legislative branch of the U.S. It creates, revises, and implements Senate infrastructure plans.
What types of bills does the committee see?
The Rules committee is referred to all proposed legislation and matters relating to:
Congressional organization in rules and procedures
Corrupt practices
Credentials and qualifications of Senate members
Federal elections such as President, VP, Congress members
Presidential succession
Payment of money or making charges out of Senate funds
Government Printing Office
Current bills/work of the committee
The Rules Committee is currently working on and holding different topics of Senate including:
9/29/10 Filibuster: Ideas to Reduce Delay and Encourage Debate in Senate The Committee held a series of hearings reviewing the history U.S. Senate filibuster (tradition of unlimited debate in the Senate) and improvements to either cut down or enhance it.
7/28/10 Legislative Proposals to Change Senate Procedures The Committee will receive testimony on S. Res. 465, by Senator Lautenberg, to permit the Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for which floor debate has ceased; and S. Res. 440, by Senator Bennet, improving the Senate cloture process.
Daniel K. Inouye Christopher J. Dodd Dianne Feinstein Kay Richard J. Durbin E. Benjamin Nelson Patty Murray Mark L. Pryor Tom Udall Mark Warner
Minority Members
Mitch McConnell
Thad cochran
Bailey Hutchinson
C. Saxby Chambliss
Lamar Alesander
John Ensign
Pat Roberts
Head Members
Charles E. Schumer (Chairman): Schumer is New York Senator. The committee that he is on, oversees and “will play a fundamental role in the 111th Congress as the Democratic agenda will include improving the election process, protecting voting rights, strengthening campaign finance law, and providing greater transparency in our political process.”
Robert Bennett (Ranking Member): He has served three terms as a US senator. His main issues are energy, social reform, economy, taxes, education, heath care, national security and defense. He has the respect of many and a fantastic reputation.
For more information on the Senate Rules and Admin:
Senate Rules and Admin
By: Kendra Hall, Regine Arenas, Josh TelloWhat does the committee do?
This committee is an established system used to look back and enforce upon rules of the Senate. The Rules committee organizes and creates studies of how Congress operates and is constantly trying to improve this study by simplifying the operations with the Judicial and Legislative branch of the U.S. It creates, revises, and implements Senate infrastructure plans.What types of bills does the committee see?
The Rules committee is referred to all proposed legislation and matters relating to:Current bills/work of the committee
The Rules Committee is currently working on and holding different topics of Senate including:9/29/10 Filibuster: Ideas to Reduce Delay and Encourage Debate in Senate
The Committee held a series of hearings reviewing the history U.S. Senate filibuster (tradition of unlimited debate in the Senate) and improvements to either cut down or enhance it.
7/28/10 Legislative Proposals to Change Senate Procedures
The Committee will receive testimony on S. Res. 465, by Senator Lautenberg, to permit the Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for which floor debate has ceased; and S. Res. 440, by Senator Bennet, improving the Senate cloture process.
More recent committee hearings:
Rules Committee Hearings
Majority Members
Daniel K. InouyeChristopher J. Dodd
Dianne Feinstein Kay
Richard J. Durbin
E. Benjamin Nelson
Patty Murray
Mark L. Pryor
Tom Udall
Mark Warner
Minority Members
Mitch McConnellThad cochran
Bailey Hutchinson
C. Saxby Chambliss
Lamar Alesander
John Ensign
Pat Roberts
Head Members
Charles E. Schumer (Chairman): Schumer is New York Senator. The committee that he is on, oversees and “will play a fundamental role in the 111th Congress as the Democratic agenda will include improving the election process, protecting voting rights, strengthening campaign finance law, and providing greater transparency in our political process.”
Robert Bennett (Ranking Member): He has served three terms as a US senator. His main issues are energy, social reform, economy, taxes, education, heath care, national security and defense. He has the respect of many and a fantastic reputation.
For more information on the Senate Rules and Admin:
http://rules.senate.gov/public/